FEATURE ARTICLE
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LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS
$1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Legislation Provides Funding and NEPA Streamlining for Key Environmental and Infrastructure Projects106
REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS
Department of the Interior Approves Solar Projects on BLM-Managed
California Lands, Solicits Interest for Solar Leasing on BLM-Managed Lands in Colorado, New Mexico and Nevada110
California State Water Resources Control Board Considers Imposing
Mandatory Water Use Restrictions Statewide in Response to Drought
Conditions111
RECENT FEDERAL DECISIONS
Circuit Court of Appeals:
Ninth Circuit Finds Federal Aviation Administration Properly Relied on Environmental Assessment for Air Cargo Project at Airport114
Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice v. Federal Aviation Administration, 18 F.4th 592 (9th Cir. 2021).
District Court:
District Court Rejects Tribal Challenge to Existing Licensed Hydroelectric Project116
Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe v City of Seattle and Seattle City Light, ___F.Supp.4th___, Case No. 2:21-cv-1014 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 2, 2021).
RECENT CALIFORNIA DECISIONS
District Court of Appeal:
Second District Court Finds Petitioner Failed to
Exhaust Administrative Remedies Regarding Potential Noise Impacts in CEQA Challenge.118
AIDS Healthcare Foundation v. City of Los Angeles, ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B313529 (2nd Dist. Nov. 1, 2021).
Third District Court Upholds City of Sacramento’s EIR and Approval of ‘McKinley Water Vault
Project’120
Citizens for a Safe and Sewage Free McKinley Park v. City of Sacramento, Unpub., Case No. C090760 (3rd Dist. Nov. 24, 2021).
Second District Court Finds City Cannot Enjoin County as Exclusive Contractor for Ambulance Services under the Medical Services Act123
City of Oxnard v. County of Ventura ___Cal.App.5th___, Case No. B312348 (2nd Dist. November 23, 2021).
Third District Court Rejects Several CEQA Claims Brought by Pro Per Petitioner Against Area Flood Control Agency125
Gulli v. San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency, Unpub., Case No. C088010 (3rd Dist. Dec. 3, 2021).
Second District Court Affirms City’s Revocation of Conditional Use Permit for Operation of Commercial Antennae Based on Violation of Permit Condi-
tions127
Indian Peak Properties, LLC v. City of Rancho Palos Verdes, Unpub., Case No. B303325 (2nd Dist. Nov. 16, 2021).
Second District Court Upholds Denial of Union’s Permissive Intervention into Complex CEQA Matter Related to the Port of Los Angeles129
South Coast Air Quality Management District v. City of Los Angeles et al., 71 Cal.App.5th 314 (2nd Dist. 2021).
